White-bellied Green-Pigeon
Treron sieboldii
Medium-sized pigeon with olive-green wings and a pale belly. Both sexes green overall with yellowish-green heads (brighter in males). Males have a vivid maroon wing patch. Compare with smaller Whistling Green-Pigeon in Japan and Taiwan. The only regularly occurring green-pigeon in mainland East Asia. Generally uncommon in a wide range of forest and forest edge habitats, occasionally gathering in flocks on coastlines to drink salt water, presumably to aid digestion of fruit. Gives a series of somewhat jumbled mellow cooing whistles, often introduced with two to three ascending notes and followed with undulating repeated coos.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Treron sieboldii
- Authority
- (Temminck, 1835)
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Treron
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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